Bowlingtreff Leipzig, Sports facility in Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Leipzig, Germany

Bowlingtreff Leipzig is a building in Leipzig, Germany, recognizable by its elongated octagonal entrance clad in Cottaer sandstone and topped with skylight windows that once lit the bowling lanes inside. The structure spans several levels and is currently being converted to house the city's natural history museum.

The underground Umformwerk Mitte was built in 1925/1926 along the Roßplatz to supply the city centre and its trams with steady direct current, balanced by a large accumulator hall; it operated until 1965. After a 1970s leisure-centre plan failed, a 1984 commission for a bowling centre followed, won in January 1985 by Winfried Sziegoleit. Construction began in June 1986, and the Bowlingtreff opened on 25 July 1987 for the VIII. Turn- und Sportfest, closing in 1997.

The name Bowlingtreff combines the English sport with the German word for meeting place. Opened on 25 July 1987 to coincide with the Gymnastics and Sports Festival of the GDR, it drew 2,000 to 2,500 guests a day during its 15-hour opening times. Its two halls held eight and six lanes, with six billiard tables and Poly-Play arcade machines on the gallery of the larger hall.

The building is closed to visitors while renovation work is underway, so a visit is not possible at this time. It is worth checking back later, as the site is set to open as a natural history museum once the work is finished.

The bowling centre was built without being listed in any city-wide plan and without government approval, so it was sometimes called a "Schwarzbau" (illegal construction). It opened on 25 July 1987, exactly on schedule for the GDR's VIII. Turn- und Sportfest, after only thirteen months of construction.